Shōzō Makino

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1878-09-22 (51 years old)

Deathday

1929-07-25

Place of Birth

Kyoto Prefecture, Japan

Shōzō Makino

Biography

Shōzō Makino (マキノ省三, Makino Shōzō, September 22, 1878, Kyoto – July 25, 1929) was a Japanese film director, film producer and businessman who is regarded as a pioneering director of Japanese film. In addition, all four of his sons, including Masahiro Makino and Sadatsugu Matsuda, went into the film business as either directors or producers, and his grandchildren include the actors Masahiko Tsugawa and Hiroyuki Nagato. Actress Yoko Minamida is a granddaughter-in-law. Description above from the Wikipedia article Shōzō Makino, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Acting

1938

Olympia: Part Two – Festival of Beauty

as Self - Swimmer, Japan (uncredited)

Production

1921

Jiraiya the Hero

as Director

1917

1928

1913

1914

The Okazaki Cat

as Director

1914

1914

1928

Raiden

as Director

1929

Samurai Town Story Part II

as Executive Producer

1928

Samurai Town Story Part I

as Executive Producer

1928

1914

1914

1912

Yotsuya Kaidan

as Director

1914

Botan Dōrō

as Director

1914

Tenjiku Tokubei

as Director

1928

Raiden

as Screenplay

1910

1923

Ahôshige

as Director

1920

1914

Iwami Jûtarô

as Director

1911

Iwami Jûtarô

as Director

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